chest breast shoulders between shoulder blades pain tummy trouble feel tired weak just to say a few problems heart trouble ruled out and gall stones i am 40 years old is it early signsof menopause

I am 38 year old female with chest pains that burn under the breast bone, pain in both breasts along the sides and upwards towards the underarm area, pain in between shoulder blades as well. I have had the stress test on the treadmill and an echo done as well. I also had ct scan of my lungs to ensure it wasn't a bloodclot. Was told it was acid reflux and was given medicine for it. The medicine does not work worth beans. I am currently waiting for a GI scope since the upper GI I had done with the barrium showed nothing. I am not looking forward to having the camera put down my throat but what else can I do? Seems like the doctors don't know what's going on and they have no idea what to look for.

HI Caroline, Thanks for making your post. I am also 40 with your symptoms. I have also have had to have many abdominal surgeries since I was 18 and my Dad also died from heart disease at 57. You have been blessed with a son which is wonderful. I have recently been told by two differnet sources to take more calcium with Vit. D and also take more Vit. C with a small amoutn of fatty foods. So I think I will give it a try. Do you suffer with INsomnia s well?
Any advice form the soctors is welcome as well. I am atking a thyroid medication which has helped me some.

hi diane ,i spoke with the doctor on the phone yesterday and he said as i am still having peroids even thou the only last for a couple of days the blood test the do would not show any thing so i guess thats the end of that great.Also i contacted one of the doctors you said about and i wouldnt be able to afford to go to one ,so i dont really dont know what to do now thank you for your help

i am happy i found some one to talk too

Hi Caroline,
It is difficult to understand your questions without any use of punctuation or sentences, so I will try my best to tweak out your symptoms and provide some information.

Your symptoms (currently) are:
pain in your chest, breast, shoulders and between shoulder blades
bloating
tummy problems
heart burn
weight gain ("got fat around my middle")
weakness
tired most of time
feel down (sad?)
heavy periods (2-3 days)
today's period was very heavy with a clot

You have had many tests done on your heart, abdomen and those are normal.
You have experienced pain with heavy periods in the past.

You said you have been having gynecological problems since the age of 18, and now at 40 years of age, you are having the above symptoms. How long have you been experiencing these symptoms listed above?

The primary symptom of menopause or perimenopause is irregular periods, lack of periods or missed periods. The symptoms you currently have could be many different conditions---either physical, emotional or combination of both---and do not themselves indicate menopause or perimenopause.

When you go to your doctor, it is important to have your hormone levels checked, as that will provide the most information. You can read more about this at: New Blood Test (2009) may predict start of menopause.

I hope to hear back from you, to know what your thoughts are about getting your hormone levels checked, but I'm also wondering...if you have been experiencing these symptoms for 6 months-1 year (or longer), what treatments have you tried? Do you feel that your "feeling down" could be depression? Depression can most certainly correlate to other physical symptoms that you've described, whether or not you are entering menopause or not.